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S. L. MARKS. HOTEL AND TRAVELER'S DIRECTORY CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED APR.9,1919.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

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S. L. MARKS.

HOTEL AND TRAVELER'S DIRECTORY CABINET.

I APPLICATION FILED APR-9.1919. A64. Patented Nov. 2,1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L. MARKS, QF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOTEL AND TRAVELERS DIREGTORY-CABINET.

Application filed April 9, 1919.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. MARKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hotel andTravelers Directory-Cabinets and T Y do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same' This invention relates to a directory cabinet for use in theguest chambers or public rooms of hotels or rooming houses or for use onall vehicles of transportation, ashore or afloat. This, of course,includes such carriers as railroads, steamships, etc.

The object of the invention is. to provide a directory for the public ina very attractive and compact form so the invention consists essentiallyof a cabinet having a series of index plates supported from the face ofthe cabinet and connected to with drawable curtains that arespring-actuated. The index plate has stamped on it the generalclassification of the information c0ntained on the curtain, such asTheaters and on the curtain would appear the information about thevarious theaters that are vouched for by the hotel that displays thiscabinet. The plan of use of this cabinet is to charge the individualadvertisers for having their business cards or advertisements appear ona curtain in this cabinet which, of course, must be satisfactory I tothe hotel that equips its rooms with these cabinets and the hotels maybe charged for the use of these cabinets or they may be sold outright tothe hotels. To agree to let a chain of hotel in one locality have theexclusive right to usethese cabinets would probably bring a greaterincome.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 shows a front elevation of the cabinet.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof.

Fig. 8 is a partial side elevation of the cabinet with parts in section.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 41& of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line 66 of Fig. l, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920. Serial No. 288,846.

Figs. 7 to 10 show partial views of. cletails.

In the drawings, numeral 11 indicates the cabinet having a front faceplate 12,

side plates 13, an elongated base 14 which is adapted to contain a pencompartment 15. The cabinet 11 is inclined backwardly in relation to thebase 14. 16 indicates the back of the cabinet.

On the face of the cabinet 12 are located one or more tiers of indexplates 17, each provided with a knob or pull 18 located in the lowerportion of the index plate 17 in order not to obstructtheview of the leend 19 carried by the index plates indicating the general character ofinformation carried on the curtain connected with that particular indexplate.

19 represents a flexible curtain and 20 a spring-actuated roll uponwhich curtain 19 is adapted to be wound. The end of the curtain 19 isbent back upon itself at 20 and has clamped thereover a connector 21having two oppositely directed inclined faces 22 and 23 and is providedwith a vertical face equipped with slots 24. Headed pins 25 are providedon the rear of the index plate 17, adapted to coact with the slots 24 toremovably fasten the index plates 17 to the connectors 21. Theconnectors 21 pass in through slots 26 in the face 12 of the cabinet andthe inclined sides 22 and 23 thereof engage with the edges of the slots26 to centerthe index plates 17 with relation to the slots 26.

The sides 13 of the cabinet are equipped with indented spring edges 27adapted to engage in detents 28 and 29 in the back and front platesrespectively with the cabinet to removably hold the sides in place. Aframe 80 is carried within the cabinet and removable therefrom when thesides 13 are not in place. 31 indicates inclined slots in the rearstandards of the frame 30 for holding the spring-actuated rollers 20 insuch dexes may be used singly,

plate and on the curtain, the visitor sees a directory of the points ofinterest. As soon as the visitor is satisfied, the pulling pressure isreleased and the spring-actuated roller causes the curtain to beretracted into the cabinet and the inclined faces of the connector 21co-act with the edges of the slot 26 to maintain the index plate 17 incentered position with relation to the slot.

Where the curtains carry advertisements, it will be desirable to changethem from time to time. In order to do this, the side 13 of the cabinetis removed by a pulling pressure suflicient to disengage the edges 27from the detents 28 and 29. This exposes the frame 30 with its rollersand curtains. The operator takes hold of the curtain or connector 21with one hand and slides the index plate 17 to the left to disconnect itfrom the connector whereupon the curtain is wound up entirely upon theroller. This is repeated with each curtain untilthey index plates andthen the frame 30 with all the curtain rolls is withdrawn from thecabinet through the open side. New curtains and rolls can then be put inthe frame 30, the frame replaced, the connectors threaded through theslots 26 and the proper index plates attached to the connectors. Theconnectors 21 are removable from the curtains by sliding laterally butit may be found desirable not to remove them from the curtains when theyare being changed.

The cabinet as shown in the drawings is provided with an ink standbetween the tiers of indexes and, of course, two stands may be used ifdesired instead of one. Gver the stand is indicated a calendar for whicha scratch padmay be substituted or various other articlesmay be used.The tiers of indoubly as shown, or in several combinations. The indexesmay be used separately and independently of the cabinet itself ifpreferred.

are all free from the The gist of the invention is the providing of acabinet havmg mam classifications of 'directories or directories withsub-divisions thereon so that it would be within the spirit of thisinvention if a book, having main and sub-divisions, as above specified,therein, be placed upon the cabinet in substitution for the presentcurtains.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A hotel and travelers directory cabinet having in combination aremovable directory mechanism including index sheet carrying rolls; abody portion adapted to house the directory mechanism, detents on thesides of the body, removable sides for the body, and indented springedges on said sides adapted to engage said detents whereby the sides areremovably held on said body portion. I

2. A device of the class described having a body portion, a face platecarried thereby having interrupted slots therein, saidslots extendinginwardly from the outer edge of the face plate, curtains carryingadvertisements in said body portion, index plates connected to thecurtains supported from the slots in the face plate, and a removableside cover for the body portion having inturned edges adapted to coverthe outer ends of the slots.

3. A device of the class described having a body portion, a face platecarried thereby having interrupted slots therein, curtains carryingadvertisements in said body portion, index plates larger than the slotopenings, and a separable connector between each curtain and its indexplate.

a. The device of claim 4 in which the connector supportsthe index plate.

5. The device of claim 1 in which the connectors have inturned edges forgripping the curtain. I

In testimony whereof I aflix m sigpature.

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SAMUEL L.

